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If you or someone you know, a friend or family member, has ever had a crisis of an emotional, behavioral or psychiatric nature—some kind of painful experience that caused so much distress that you didn’t know where to turn, you can probably easily understand the life-changing nature of such an experience.
We’ve often called such crises times and episodes “having a nervous breakdown,” a time of great emotional, mental and even physical upheaval. In such episodes, it’s common to feel an overwhelming amount of stress, confusion, fear, anxiety or depression.
In turn, our ability to cope and to function in our daily lives, to relate to family and loved ones, friends, co-workers, and employers is deeply affected. The overwhelming emotional distress and feelings of depression can even become life-threatening for some.
In emotional and psychiatric crisis situations like these, we need the assistance of others when we can’t assist ourselves. Friends and family may not have the needed resources to assist in a crisis or may not know where to turn.
Sometimes, police become involved if safety issues are in question. Although usually well-intended, law enforcement interventions may add even more stress for a person in crisis and may not even result in effectively meeting the immediate need for treatment. So, where can we turn for help?
High Plains Mental Health is ready to answer the call. The High Plains planned Crisis Intervention Center to be housed in the Hadley Center on East Seventh St. in Hays will provide much-needed 24/7 specialized psychiatric treatment for voluntary and involuntary adults in the Hays community and the surrounding area.
It has been many years since an adult psychiatric crisis treatment facility has been available in Hays to meet the mental health crisis needs of folks in the area.
With the new High Plains Crisis Intervention Center, access to crisis services will not require the added stress of being transported long distances or having to wait hours upon hours to gain access to needed interventions and treatment. Compassionate, effective stabilization interventions can be given sooner, closer to home, and provide the gateway to recovery.
The High Plains Crisis Intervention Center is planned to be operational by this coming spring. But we need your help. Money continues to be raised both through grants and private donations. I kindly urge you to consider contributing in any amount you can to this most worthy cause. You will be helping someone who may need crisis care at the most vulnerable and volatile time in their lives. What better way can there be to serve others?
Thank you most kindly.
— Ken Windholz—
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More information about donating to the Crisis Intervention Center can be found at donatehighplains.com
Gifts can be made online or by check, payable to HPMHC Endowment. High Plains can also accept pledges and set up payment plans. Contact [email protected]. Gifts of $500 or more receive a plaque on the center’s mobile donor wall.Â